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Paradoxes of Democracy: How Diverse Will Germany Remain?

Panel Discussion (in German)

Four portraits placed side by side: two men and two women look kindly into the camera.

Ronen Steinke (photo: Tobias Kruse/ Ostkreuz), Dana Schmalz (photo: Oliver Look), Doris Liebscher (photo: Ute Lankafel/ Maifoto) und Tarik Tabbara (photo: Maurice Weiss)

With debates about “remigration” and “denaturalization”—the revocation of German citizenship when a person has dual citizenship—the new right wing is attempting to narrow society's understanding of belonging to a narrow, ethnic-based view.

Tue 21 Oct 2025, 7 pm

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Where

W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)

These debates could ultimately lead to the revocation of German citizenship for Jewish people with dual citizenship. They also call into question Article 116, Paragraph 2 of the Grundgesetz, which guarantees naturalization for German Jews and their descendants who were stripped of their citizenship by the Nazi regime.

How do the political battle cries of the new right and the discourses they have initiated shape our understanding of law and the rule of law? How diverse will Germany remain?

Discussing these issues are:

  • Ronen Steinke – Senior Editor in the Politics Department of the Süddeutschen Zeitung
  • Dana Schmalz – Lecturer at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg
  • Tarik Tabbara – Professor of Public Law, specializing in German and European Security Law at the Berlin School of Economics and Law

Moderation: Doris Liebscher – Head of the Ombudsman's Office for the Berlin State Anti-Discrimination Act

Where, when, what?

  • WhenTue 21 Oct 2025, 7 pm
  • Where W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
    Klaus Mangold Auditorium
    Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
    (Opposite the Museum)
    See location on map

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